Aciphylla simplicifolia

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Family Apiaceae

Taxonomy: Aciphylla simplicifolia (F.Muell.) Benth.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Anisotome simplicifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Klatt (nomenclatural synonym)
Anisotome simplicifolia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Gingidium simplicifolium F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (21), Cheal_2017 (8), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (1), Morgan_2014 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2024 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 101 records in 15 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 9.75 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 595.39 mm2 (586-604.78 mm2) [sources: Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014]
leaf_length (numerical): 172.5 mm (60-300 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 3.79 g/m2 (3.79-3.79 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.01 g/g (0.01-0.01 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnny (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.88 mg (2.43-5.72 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Morgan_2014]
seed_length (numerical): 7.66 mm (7.66-7.66 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 2.79 mm (2.79-2.79 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): fusiform (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.42 m (0.09-0.61 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ANBG_2019	6	21	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	11	16	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2024	7	9	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cheal_2017	8	8	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Pickering_2014	4	4	C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
Morgan_2014	3	3	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	3	3	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_6	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.